Dade Weather in December
Dade in December
The short of it: Dade in December averages a high of 10 °C (49 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 10 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 3° · rain 19 mm · daylight 10 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Dade an average December high of 10°, a low of 3° and some 19 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 10°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 8 min in mid-December, 24 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and February.
Against its neighbours, Dade runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Fengle, 8 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Dade, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 35 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h